Occurs on the continental islands off the Qld coast and coastal regions between Townsville and Mackay, extending further S on the islands to Rat Is. near Rockhampton, also inland in the Hillborough Natl Park, SW of Townsville. It occurs on margins of rainforest and on drier sites in eucalypt woodland and open forest. Also recorded from the S coast of New Guinea, fide L.Pedley, Contr.QueenslandHerb . 18: 20 (1975). The typical subspecies (which includes A.solandri subsp. kajewskii Pedley) occurs on islands of the Pacific, e.g. New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Loyality Is., fide L.Pedley, Contr.QueenslandHerb . 18: 20–21 (1975).